Multi-layer line structure and method for manufacturing thereof

ABSTRACT

A multi-layer line structure including a substrate, a lower layer Cu line located on the substrate, an upper layer Cu line located on an insulating layer including an inorganic film located on the lower layer Cu line and an organic resin film located on the inorganic film, and a via connection part located in a via connection hole running in an up-down direction through the insulating layer in an area where the lower layer Cu line and the upper layer Cu line overlap each other is provided. The via connection part includes a barrier conductive layer located on a part of the lower layer Cu line exposed to a bottom part of the via connection hole and on an inner wall of the via connection hole.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/736,946 filed onJan. 8, 2020 and U.S. application Ser. No. 16/736,973 filed Jan. 8,2020, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/151,543filed on Oct. 4, 2018, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser.No. 15/636,859 filed on Jun. 29, 2017, which is a continuation of U.S.application Ser. No. 14/704,096 filed on May 5, 2015 and is based uponand claims the benefit of priority from the prior PCT ApplicationPCT/JP2013/079910 filed on Nov. 5, 2013, and Japanese Patent ApplicationNo. 2012-243593 filed on Nov. 5, 2012. The entire contents of theseapplications are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD

The present invention relates to a multi-layer line structure and amethod for producing the same, and particularly to a multi-layer linestructure including a plurality of Cu lines provided in a plurality oflayers having an insulating layer therebetween, and a method forproducing the same.

BACKGROUND

A multi-layer line structure including a plurality of lines provided ina plurality of layers and also including a connection hole provided toconnect the plurality of lines located in the plurality of layers isknown (see, for example, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No.2000-150519). In such a multi-layer line structure, an organic resinmaterial such as polyimide or the like is often used as an insulatinglayer provided between the layers. A reason for this is an organic resinmaterial generally has a low dielectric constant and thus is unlikely tocause delay of a signal transmitted through the lines.

However, an organic resin material has a thermal expansion coefficientthat is higher than that of a material of lines, for example, copper orthe like. Therefore, when a line structure is subjected to a heat cycletest or used in a high temperature environment, a disconnecting islikely to occur at, for example, a bottom part of the connection holedue to a difference in the thermal expansion coefficient between theresin material and the lines.

This will be described specifically. The thermal expansion coefficient(linear expansion coefficient) of an organic material is 50 to 100E-6/K. In the case where copper (Cu) is used as a material of a line,the thermal expansion coefficient (linear expansion coefficient) of thematerial of the line is 17 E-6/K. As can be seen, the thermal expansioncoefficient of the organic material is several times as high as thethermal expansion coefficient of the material of the line. In the casewhere the line structure during production is exposed to an atmosphereexceeding, for example, 200° C., a tensile stress is caused to copper inthe connection hole. The tensile stress is caused because the thermalexpansion of the organic resin material acts to increase a distancebetween the lines above and below the organic resin material.

As a result, copper in the connection hole moves in order to alleviatethe tensile stress, which forms voids at the bottom part of theconnection hole. The voids cause a flaw in electric connection betweenthe upper and lower lines.

There are other flaws in addition to the formation of the voids. Sincethe adhesive force between a barrier conductive layer covering thebottom part and a side surface of the connection hole, and the organicresin, is low, the barrier conductive layer is deformed and is peeledoff from the organic resin.

In general, a multi-layer line structure in a printed circuit board, aninterposer or the like is assumed to be used in an environment in whichthe temperature is changed in cycles from −25° C. to 125° C. Thetemperature change cycle in such an environment also causes a strongtensile stress to the copper in the connection hole, which also causes aflaw in electric connection as described above.

Recently, LSIs are reduced in size and increased in integration degree,and along with this, LSI chips tend to be mounted on more printedcircuit boards and more interposers. In such a situation, there is anincreasing demand for a higher density of line layers in a multi-layerline structure.

In order to realize such a high density, it is necessary to decrease thewidth of the lines, the interval between the lines, and the size of theconnection hole. In addition, a structure called a “stacked via”, inwhich another connection hole is stacked on the copper in the connectionhole, is needed. This structure further increases the tensile stress ofthe copper in the connection hole, and thus raises the ratio ofconnection flaws. This decreases the reliability.

The present invention has an object of providing a multi-layer linestructure or the like which decreases the occurrence of a disconnectingat, for example, a bottom part of a connection hole.

The tensile stress can be slightly decreased by decreasing the height ofthe connection hole. However, this decreases the distance between theupper and lower line layers, and thus increases the parasiticcapacitance and causes crosstalk and signal propagation delay. Thismakes it difficult to allow the performance of LSIs mounted on printedcircuit boards or interposers to be fully exhibited.

The present invention has another object of providing a multi-layer linestructure or the like which suppresses the increase of parasiticcapacitance and the occurrence of crosstalk and signal propagation delayas compared with a conventional multi-layer line structure even thoughthe distance between the upper and lower line layers is decreased.

When the height of the connection hole is decreased, the effect of anadditive (leveler) in an electrolytic plating solution cannot be fullyexhibited for filing the connection hole with copper by electrolyticplating. Therefore, the connection hole is not fully filled with copper.As a result, voids are formed in the connection hole, which decreasesthe reliability, like the voids formed at the bottom part of theconnection hole.

The present invention has still another object of providing amulti-layer line structure or the like which suppresses the formation ofvoids in a connection hole.

In a conventional multi-layer line structure in which an organic resinfilm is used as an insulating film provided between the copper lines,the organic resin film is in direct contact with outer circumferentialsurfaces of the copper lines except for the bottom part of the copperlines. Therefore, each time a heat treatment is performed, copper atomsare thermally diffused into the organic resin film around the copperlines. Also, an electric field caused between adjacent lines ionizes anddiffuses the copper atoms. Such diffusion decreases the distance betweenthe line layers. This state causes a problem that shortcircuit betweenthe line layers and electrical breakdown of the organic resin film arelikely to occur.

Regarding the structure of an LSI, Cu lines are formed by a Damasceneprocess. According to the Damascene process, a barrier metal is locatedon side surfaces and bottom edges of the Cu lines in order to suppressdiffusion of the Cu atoms. However, a material usable for the barriermetal, namely, a material containing Ti or Ta has a high electricresistance. Therefore, there is a problem that as the thickness of thebarrier metal is larger with respect to the width of the lines, theresistance of the lines is increased.

SUMMARY

In an embodiment according to the present invention, a multi-layer linestructure is provided including a substrate; a lower layer Cu linelocated on the substrate; an upper layer Cu line located on aninsulating layer including an inorganic film located on the lower layerCu line and an organic resin film located on the inorganic film; and avia connection part located in a via connection hole running in anup-down direction through the insulating layer in an area where thelower layer Cu line and the upper layer Cu line overlap each other. Thevia connection part includes a barrier conductive layer located on apart of the lower layer Cu line exposed to a bottom part of the viaconnection hole and on an inner wall of the via connection hole. Theinorganic film is formed so as to cover a top surface and a side surfaceof the lower layer Cu line. A material forming the organic resin filmhas a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of a materialforming the inorganic film.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, an end of theinorganic film on the side of the inner wall of the via connection holemay be in contact with the barrier conductive layer.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the inorganic filmmay contain silicon, and a material of the barrier conductive layer maycontain a high-melting-point metal material or a compound thereof.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the inorganic filmand the barrier conductive layer may be in contact with each other.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, in the insulatinglayer present between the top surface of the lower layer Cu line and abottom surface of the upper layer Cu line, a ratio of a thickness of theinorganic film with respect to a total of the thickness of the inorganicfilm and a thickness of the organic resin film may be 20% or greater and80% or less. In the embodiment according to the present invention, theinorganic film may include a film containing silicon; and the sidesurface of the lower layer Cu line and a part of the top surface of thelower layer Cu line not exposed to the bottom part of the via connectionhole may be covered with the film containing silicon.

In an embodiment according to the present invention, a multi-layer linestructure including a stack of a plurality of layers including a firstlayer and a second layer adjacent to each other is provided. The firstlayer includes a first Cu line. The second layer includes a second Culine; an insulating film located between the second Cu line and thefirst Cu line; and a via connection part located in a via connectionhole running in an up-down direction through the insulating layer in anarea where the first Cu line and the second Cu line overlap each other.The insulating film includes an inorganic film covering at least asurface of the second Cu line facing the first Cu line, among surfacesof the second Cu line, and an organic resin film covering the inorganicfilm. The via connection part includes a barrier conductive layerlocated on a part of the second Cu line exposed to a bottom part of thevia connection hole and on an inner wall of the via connection hole. Theinorganic film is formed so as to cover the surface of the second Culine facing the first Cu line and a side surface with respect to thesurface of the second Cu line facing the first Cu line, among thesurfaces of the second Cu line.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, a material formingthe organic resin film may have a dielectric constant lower than adielectric constant of a material forming the inorganic film.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, an end of theinorganic film on the side of the inner wall of the via connection holemay be in contact with the barrier conductive layer.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the inorganic filmmay contain silicon, and a material of the barrier conductive layer maycontain a high-melting-point metal material or a compound thereof.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the inorganic filmand the barrier conductive layer may be in contact with each other.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, in the insulatinglayer located between the first Cu line and the second Cu line, a ratioof a thickness of the inorganic film with respect to a total of thethickness of the inorganic film and a thickness of the organic resinfilm may be 20% or greater and 80% or less. In the embodiment accordingto the present invention, the inorganic film may include a filmcontaining silicon; and the side surface of the second Cu line and apart of a top surface of the second layer Cu line not exposed to thebottom part of the via connection hole may be covered with the filmcontaining silicon.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the organic resinfilm may include a first organic insulating film and a second organicinsulating film stacked thereon; and a third Cu line may be locatedbetween the first organic insulating film and the second organicinsulating film. The third Cu line may be located between the first Culine and the second Cu line, and the via connection part may include anupper part between the first Cu line and the third Cu line and a lowerpart between the third Cu line and the second Cu line. A barrierconductive material may be located between the upper part and the thirdCu line.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the second layermay include a fourth Cu line at a position other than a position wherethe via connection hole is located, a layer located above the firstlayer may include a fifth Cu line, and the fourth Cu line and the fifthCu line may not have a Cu line therebetween.

In an embodiment according to the present invention, a method forproducing a multi-layer line structure is provided including forming alower layer Cu line on a substrate, forming an inorganic film on thelower layer Cu line so as to cover a top surface and a side surface ofthe lower layer Cu line, forming an organic resin film on the inorganicfilm to form an insulating film including the inorganic film and theorganic resin film, forming an opening reaching the lower layer Cu linein the insulating layer to form a via connection hole, forming a barrierconductive layer at a bottom part and on an inner wall of the viaconnection hole, filling the via connection hole with Cu to form a viaconnection part, and forming an upper layer Cu line on the viaconnection part. A material forming the organic resin film has adielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of a materialforming the inorganic film.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, an end of theinorganic film on the side of the inner wall of the via connection holemay be in contact with the barrier conductive layer.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the inorganic filmmay contain silicon, and a material of the barrier conductive layer maycontain a high-melting-point metal material or a compound thereof. Theinorganic film and the barrier conductive layer may be in contact witheach other.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, in the insulatinglayer present between the top surface of the lower layer Cu line and abottom surface of the upper layer Cu line, a ratio of a thickness of theinorganic film with respect to a total of the thickness of the inorganicfilm and a thickness of the organic resin film may be 20% or greater and80% or less. In the embodiment according to the present invention, theinorganic film may include a film containing silicon; and the sidesurface of the lower layer Cu line and a part of the top surface of thelower layer Cu line not exposed to the bottom part of the via connectionhole may be covered with the film containing silicon.

According to a multi-layer line structure and a method for producing thesame described above, the ratio of the organic resin film with respectto an upper layers can be decreased. This can suppress a situation wherevoids or the like are generated at, for example, a bottom part of thevia connection hole by a difference in the thermal expansion coefficientbetween the organic resin film and Cu, and as a result, a disconnectingoccurs between the upper layer Cu line or the first line and the lowerlayer Cu line or the second line. In addition, increase of a linecapacitance between the Cu lines can be suppressed.

The end of the inorganic insulating film on the side of the inner wallof the via connection hole is in contact with the barrier conductivefilm. Therefore, generation of voids at, for example, a bottom part ofthe via connection hole can be suppressed.

The inorganic film contains silicon, a material of the barrierconductive layer contains a high-melting-point metal material or acompound thereof, and the inorganic film and the barrier conductivelayer are in contact with each other. The inorganic film containingsilicon and the material containing a high-melting-point metal materialor a compound thereof have a high adhesiveness. This can moreeffectively prevent occurrence of a disconnecting between the upperlayer Cu line or the first line and the lower layer Cu line or thesecond line.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a multi-layer linestructure that suppresses occurrence of a disconnecting at, for example,a bottom part of a connection line is provided. Also according to anembodiment of the present invention, a multi-layer line structure thatsuppresses increase of capacitance between lines is provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a line structure including aconnection hole in an embodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2A shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2B shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2C shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2D shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2E shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2F shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2G shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2H shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2I shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2J shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows an example of structure including LSI chips arranged by useof line structure in an embodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5A shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5B shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5C shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5D shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5E shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5F shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5G shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5H shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5I shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5J shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5K shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5L shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5M shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5N shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 5O shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 8A shows an example of structure including LSI chips arranged byuse of line structures in an embodiment according to the presentinvention;

FIG. 8B shows an example of structure including LSI chips arranged byuse of line structures in an embodiment according to the presentinvention;

FIG. 9A shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9B shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9C shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9D shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9E shows a method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9F shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9G shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9H shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9I shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9J shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9K shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 9L shows the method for producing the line structure in theembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 shows an example of cross-section of a line structure in anembodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a graph showing the ratio of defective line structuresproduced in an embodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 12A is a graph showing the ratio of defective line structuresproduced in an embodiment according to the present invention; and

FIG. 12B is a graph showing the ratio of defective line structuresproduced in an embodiment according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will bedescribed. The present invention is not limited to the followingembodiments, and the embodiments may be modified as necessary. In thedrawings, width, length, thickness or the like may be shown withemphasis, and may be different from those in actual cases of carryingout the present invention. The film thicknesses, materials, conditionsand the like described below regarding film formation are examples, andmay be changed as necessary.

Embodiment 1

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a line structure in an embodimentaccording to the present invention. The cross-sectional view shown inFIG. 1 includes a cross-sectional view of a connection hole provided toconnect a line in a first layer (lower layer) and a line in a secondlayer (upper layer) to each other. The connection hole is located in anarea where the first layer line and the second layer line overlap eachother. A part of the second layer line that is located in the connectionhole will be occasionally referred to as a “via connection part”.

As shown in FIG. 1, a line material 102 is located on a substrate(plate) 101. There is no specific limitation on the material of thesubstrate 101. The substrate 101 may be formed of, for example, asemiconductor such as silicon or the like, glass and the like. In thecase where the substrate 101 is formed of silicon, it is preferable thata silicon oxide film is formed as an insulating film on the siliconsubstrate. There is no specific limitation on the thickness of thesubstrate 101. For example, the thickness of the substrate 101 may beset to a range of 300 μm or greater and 1000 μm or less. In the casewhere a support substrate (not shown) is used below the substrate 101, asubstrate having a thickness in the range of 10 μm or greater and 100 μmor less may be used as the substrate 101. Alternatively, the substrate101 may have a layer structure, and one or a plurality of layers in thelayer structure may have a line already formed therein.

The line material 102 forms the first layer line. The line material 102is formed of a conductive material such as Au, Al, Cu or the like. Amongthese materials, Cu, which is highly conductive and costs low, ispreferably used. There is no specific limitation on the thickness of theline material 102. The line material 102 has a thickness of, forexample, about 4 μm. It is preferable that a barrier metal 103 islocated between the substrate 101 and the line material 102. Thisprevents the metal forming the line material 102 from being diffused tothe substrate 101. The barrier metal 103 may be formed of ahigh-melting-point metal material or a compound thereof. Such ahigh-melting-point metal material or a compound thereof has a meltingpoint higher than a temperature at which an organic insulating materialusable to form an organic resin film is thermally cured. The meltingpoint of the high-melting-point metal material or a compound thereof is1500° C. or higher. Examples of the high-melting-point metal material ora compound thereof usable for the barrier metal 103 include Ti, TiN, Ta,TaN, and the like.

On a top surface of the substrate 101 and on a top surface and a sidesurface of the line material 102, an inorganic film is located. Theinorganic film forms an insulating film that is located in an area otherthan in the connection hole provided to connect the first layer line andthe second layer line to each other. The inorganic film is formed of asingle layer or a plurality of layers. Preferably, the inorganic filmincludes a stack of a plurality of inorganic films of differentmaterials. In FIG. 1, the inorganic film includes a first inorganic film104 and a second inorganic film 105 formed on the first inorganic film104.

The first inorganic film 104 is formed of, for example, silicon nitrideand produced by a plasma CVD method. The second inorganic film 105 isformed of, for example, silicon oxide and produced by a plasma CVDmethod. The top surface and the side surface of the line material 102are covered with the silicon nitride film, and thus atoms, molecules orions of the line material 102 can be prevented from being diffused. Thebarrier metal 103 is located on a bottom surface of the line material102, and this can also prevents the atoms, molecules or ions of the linematerial 102 from being diffused. Each of the first inorganic film 104and the second inorganic film 105 may have a thickness properly selectedsuch that a desired insulating property is provided. The thickness ofthe first inorganic film 104 may be 0.1 μm, and the thickness of thesecond inorganic film 105 may be 2 μm.

On the second inorganic film 105, an organic resin film 106 formed of anorganic resin material is located. The organic resin film 106 forms aninsulating film located in an area other than in the connection holeprovided to connect the first layer line and the second layer line toeach other. The organic resin film 106 may be formed of, for example,polyimide. An organic material such as polyimide or the like has adielectric constant lower than that of an inorganic material of a P-SiNfilm or a P-SiO₂ film formed by a plasma CVD method. Therefore, such anorganic material can decrease the line capacitance between the pluralityof lines in a plurality of layers and can decrease the delay of signalstransmitted through the lines. The organic resin film 106 may have athickness properly selected such that a desired insulating property isprovided. It is preferable that the thickness of the organic resin film106 is adjusted such that the thickness of the organic resin film 106 is20% or greater and 80% or less of a total thickness of the firstinorganic film 104, the second inorganic film 105 and the organic resinfilm 106 in an area on the second inorganic film 105 above the linematerial 102. In this manner, both of the size reduction and reducing anadverse effect on the surrounding of the organic resin film 106 due tothermal expansion of the organic resin film 106 can be provided to acertain degree. The reason is as follows. The dielectric constant of aninorganic material is generally higher than that of an organic material.Therefore, when the thickness of the organic resin film 106 is lowerthan 20% of the total thickness of the films 104, 105 and 106, aparasitic capacitance is increased by size reduction. The thermalexpansion coefficient of an organic material is higher than that of theline material. Therefore, when the thickness of the organic resin film106 is higher than 80% of the total thickness of the films 104, 105 and106, the ratio of occurrence of voids by thermal expansion is increased.For example, the thermal expansion coefficient (linear expansioncoefficient) of a P-SiO₂ film is 0.5 to 2 E-6/K, which is about 1/10 to1/100 of that of an organic resin film.

It is preferable that the material forming the organic film 106 has adielectric constant lower than that of each of the material forming thefirst inorganic film 104 and the material forming the second inorganicfilm 105. This can suppress the line capacitance between the lines frombeing increased. The dielectric constant of the material forming thefirst inorganic film 104 and that of the material forming the secondinorganic film 105 may be equal to each other, the former may be higherthan the latter, or the former may be lower than the latter.

Specific values of the dielectric constant of the materials are asfollows. In the case where polyimide is used as the material of theorganic resin film 106, it is preferable that the dielectric constant ofthe polyimide is 3.5 or lower. A reason for this is that the dielectricconstant of P-SiN, which is an example of the material usable to formthe first inorganic film 104, is usually 7.0, and the dielectricconstant of P-SiO₂, which is an example of the material usable to formthe second inorganic film 105, is usually 4.1. In the case where P-SiNis used as the material of the first inorganic film 104 and P-SiO₂ isused as the material of the second inorganic film 105, the dielectricconstant of the material forming the first inorganic film 104 is higherthan that of the material forming the second inorganic 105. Therefore,in this case, it is preferable that the thickness of the first inorganicfilm 104 is small, and is, for example, smaller than the thickness ofthe second inorganic film 105, from the point of view of suppressing theincrease of the line capacitance.

In the case where a P-SiN film is used as the first inorganic film 104,a P-SiO₂ film is used as the second inorganic film 105, and a polyimidefilm is used as the organic resin film 106, the thicknesses of the filmsmay be, for example, 0.1 μm, 2.0 μm and 8.0 μm (which are thicknesses ofeach film on the lines), respectively. Therefore, in this case, thethickness of the P-SiO₂ film is 25% of the thickness of the polyimidefilm. Polyimide is thermally contracted by about 15% when beingthermally treated to be cured. Therefore, polyimide is applied so as tohave a thickness of 9.4 μm above the line in consideration of suchthermal contraction. The thickness of the line material 102 may be 0.4μm. In this case, the total thickness of the polyimide and the linematerial 102 is 13.4 μm. The first inorganic film 104 and the secondinorganic film 105 each have the same thickness in a part above the lineand the remaining part. Therefore, the thicknesses of the firstinorganic film 104 and the second inorganic film 105 may be ignored.

The connection hole through which the first layer line and the secondlayer line are connected to each other is formed as follows. In theorganic resin film 106, the second inorganic film 105 and the firstinorganic film 104, a via connection hole is formed having a bottom partreaching the line material 102. On a bottom surface and a side surfaceof the via connection hole (an inner wall of the via connection hole), abarrier metal film 107 is formed as a barrier conductive layer. On thebarrier metal film 107, a line material 108 is located. The barriermetal film 107 may be formed of a high-melting-point metal material or acompound thereof. The barrier metal film 107 may be formed of, forexample, Ti, TiN, Ta, TaN, or the like. The line material 108 forms aline in the upper layer, i.e., forms the second layer line. Namely, theline material 108 forms a line located in a layer different from thelayer in which the line material 102 is located.

The polyimide film may be formed by spin coating or film bonding.However, there is a limit on the thickness of the film. In the casewhere, for example, spin coating or film bonding is used, about 20 μm isthe upper limit of the thickness. By contrast, there is no limit on thethickness of the P-SiO₂ film. Therefore, when the connection hole doesnot have a sufficient height, the height of the connection hole can beadjusted by the thickness of the P-SiO₂ film. In this manner, the linecapacitance between the lower layer line and the upper layer line can becontrolled, and the impedances can be matched among the lines.

In the case where a silicon wafer is used as the substrate 101, thewafer may be warped because the organic resin and the Cu lines have atensile stress. The degree of warp is raised as the number of the layersof lines is increased, and the substrate 101 may become unsuitable to betreated with an exposure device or a plasma CVD device. After aninterposer is removed from the wafer and the wafer is put intoindividual chips, the substrate 101 is still warped. As a result, a flawmay occur during a process of stacking the chips on each other or aprocess of bonding the chips to a motherboard. This problem is solved byproviding the P-SiO₂ with a compressive stress so that the compressivestress is well balanced with the tensile stress of the organic resin orthe Cu lines.

As described above, the P-SiO₂ film having a lower thermal expansioncoefficient that that of the organic resin is located below the organicresin film 106, and thus the tensile stress caused when Cu is providedin the connection hole can be decreased. For example, the distancebetween the upper layer line and the lower layer line, namely, theheight of the connection hole is set to 10 μm, and a P-SiO₂ film havinga thickness of 2 μm is formed in an area corresponding to the distanceof 10 μm. An area corresponding to the remaining 8 μm is filled with theorganic resin film. The tensile stress in this state is lower by 20%than that in the case where the area corresponding to 10 μm is fullyfilled with the organic resin film.

The above value is simply calculated from the difference in the thermalexpansion coefficient. The tensile stress is further decreased when anaction caused by a strong adhesive force between a material of thebarrier metal film 107 containing Ti or Ta that is formed on the sidesurface of the connection hole and P-SiO₂ (the adhesive force is 800N/cm or greater; by contrast, the material of the barrier metal layer107 and polyimide have an adhesive force of 300 N/m or less), and causedby a high elastic modulus of P-SiO₂ (40 GPa or greater; by contrast,polyimide has an elastic modulus of 3 to 7 GPa), is added. During theformation of the lines, polyimide, located in the layer having the linesformed therein by a high-temperature treatment, has a property of beingelastically deformed by thermal expansion. However, the elasticdeformation does not easily occur because P-SiO₂ located to sandwich thepolyimide has a high elastic modulus. This further decreases the tensilestress in the connection hole.

A top surface and a side surface of the line material 108 is coveredwith an inorganic material, like the line material 102. For example, afirst inorganic film 109 is located on the top surface and the sidesurface of the line material 108, and a second inorganic film 110 islocated on the first inorganic film 109. On the second inorganic film110, an organic resin film 111 is located.

A part of the line material 108 that is not in contact with the barriermetal and the top surface and the side surface of the line material 102are covered with a plasma nitride film (P-SiN film), and thus atoms,molecules or ions of the line material 102 and the line material 108 canbe prevented from being diffused in the organic resin films 106 and 111.The barrier metal film 107 on the bottom surface and the side surface ofthe connection hole can also prevent atoms, molecules or ions of theline material 108 from being diffused in the organic resin film 106 byheat or the like.

Silicon oxide is used as a material of the second inorganic film 105,and thus the adhesiveness thereof with the barrier metal located on aninner surface of the connection hole is increased and thus occurrence ofa disconnecting can be suppressed. In this case, the second inorganicfilm 105 is made thicker than the first inorganic film 104, so that theadhesiveness between the second inorganic film 105 and the barrier metalcan be increased. In the case where a P-SiN film is used as the firstinorganic film 104, the thickness of the second inorganic film 105 ismade substantially equal to that of the first inorganic film 104, sothat the adhesiveness between the second inorganic film 105 and thebarrier metal can be further increased.

Side surfaces of the upper layer line and the lower layer line formed ofthe line material 108 and the line material 102 do not need to becovered with a barrier metal. In general, a barrier metal has aresistance value higher than that of a line material such as Cu or thelike. When a barrier metal is used excessively, the resistance value ofthe lines is increased. In this embodiment, the side surfaces of thelines formed of the line material 108 and the line material 102 do notneed to be covered with a barrier metal. Therefore, the resistance valueof the lines can be suppressed from being increased.

It is assumed that, for example, a line has a width of 1 μm. If abarrier metal having a thickness of 0.1 μm is located at side surfacesof the line, the barrier metal occupies 20% of the cross-sectional areaof the line. Therefore, the resistance of the line is increased by 20%than that in the case where the barrier metal is not located. The degreeof such increase of the resistance of the line is raised as the width ofthe line is decreased.

It is considered that such an increase of the resistance of the line canbe avoided by decreasing the thickness of the barrier metal. However,when the thickness of the barrier metal is decreased, the barrier metalis oxidized in a thickness direction thereof by oxygen diffusing fromthe insulating film around the barrier metal. This lowers the level ofbarrier performance of the barrier metal. By contrast, P-SiN is stableagainst oxygen. Therefore, even when the side surfaces of the line arecovered with P-SiN as in this embodiment, the P-SiN is not deteriorated.As can be seen, according to this embodiment, the increase of theresistance of the line can be suppressed even when the size of the lineis reduced and thus the width of the line is decreased.

With reference to FIGS. 2A to 2J and FIG. 3, a method for producing aline structure in this embodiment will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 2A, the barrier metal 103 is located on a partof the substrate 101 where the line material 102 is to be located. Theline material 102 is located thereon by electrolytic plating so as tohave a thickness of, for example, 4 μm. The first inorganic film 104having a thickness of 0.1 μm and the second inorganic film 105 having athickness of 2.0 μm are formed sequentially.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, an organic resin material such asphotosensitive polyimide or the like is applied onto the secondinorganic film 105 by a spin coating method or the like so as to have athickness of, for example, 15 μm. Thus, the organic resin film 106 isformed. An opening 106 a is formed in the organic resin film 106 bylithography. The opening 106 a is to be a part of the via connectionhole.

After the opening 106 a is formed, the organic resin film 106 isthermally cured. As shown in FIG. 3, when the organic resin film 106 isthermally cured, a top part 106 b of the organic resin film 106 mayprotrude by the presence of the line material 102 and the thermalcontraction of the organic resin material. When this occurs, the topsurface is flattened by use of a fly cutter or the like. Alternatively,in order to avoid the top part of the organic resin film 106 fromprotruding like this, the organic resin film 106 may be formed of anorganic resin material having a low thermal contraction coefficient.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2D, the via connection hole running through thesecond inorganic film 105 and the first inorganic film 104 and having abottom part reaching the line material 102 is formed by etching, withthe organic resin film 106 being used as a mask. As a result, the viaconnection hole runs through an insulating film including the organicresin film 106, the second inorganic film 105 and the first inorganicfilm 104 in an up-down direction. The opening 106 a does not need to beformed at a position other than a position where the via connection holeis to be formed. Polyimide has an upper limit of photosensing resolutionof 0.5 μm. Therefore, it is considered that the via connection hole hasa diameter of 0.5 μm at the minimum.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2E, the barrier metal film 107 is formed on a topsurface of the organic resin film 106 including an inner surface of theopening 106 a, and a Cu film 108 a is formed thereon. At this point, itis preferable to put the barrier metal film 107 and the second inorganicfilm 105 into contact with each other. A reason for this is that whenthe adhesiveness between the barrier metal film 107 and the secondinorganic film 105 is high, occurrence of a disconnecting can besuppressed.

Next, a photoresist is applied onto the Cu film 108 a, and exposure anddevelopment are performed to form a line pattern 108 b as shown in FIG.2F.

Next, Cu is grown by electrolytic plating on a part of the Cu film 108 athat is not covered with the line pattern 108 b. As shown in FIG. 2G,the via connection hole and a part inner to the line pattern 108 b arefilled with Cu as the line material 108. Thus, the via connection partis formed in the connection hole, and also an upper layer line is formedon the via connection part.

Next, the line pattern 108 b is removed, and a part of the Cu film 108 athat is exposed by the removal of the line pattern 108 b and a part ofthe barrier metal film 107 below the exposed part of the Cu film 108 aare removed with an acidic aqueous solution or the like. As a result, astructure shown in FIG. 2H is obtained.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2I, the first inorganic film 109 is formed so asto cover the organic resin film 106 and the line material 108. Then, asshown in FIG. 2J, the second inorganic film 110 is formed.

In the case where another line is to be formed on the upper layer lineformed of the line material 108, the process in FIG. 2A and thereafteris performed again, with the line material 108 being regarded as theline material 102, the first inorganic film 109 being regarded as thefirst inorganic film 104, and the second inorganic film 110 beingregarded as the second inorganic film 105.

In this embodiment, the side surface of the line material 102, forexample, does not need to be covered with a barrier metal. Therefore,the increase of the resistance value of the lines can be suppressed.Since the side surface of the line material 102, for example, is coveredwith the first inorganic film 104, atoms or the like of the linematerial 102 can be suppressed from being diffused. In the case wherethe adhesiveness between the barrier metal formed on the inner surfaceof the connection hole and the inorganic film (e.g., P-SiN film) ishigh, a disconnecting in the connection hole, which would be caused bythermal expansion of the organic resin film 106, can be suppressed fromoccurring. Since a photosensitive material is used as a material of theorganic resin film 106, the opening 106 a can be formed in the organicresin film 106 and the organic resin film 106 can be used as a mask forforming an opening in the first inorganic film 104 and the secondinorganic film 105. This can simplify the method.

As described above, the minimum value of the diameter of the viaconnection hole is considered to be 0.5 μm, and the width of each linehas a small value of 0.5 μm at the minimum. In this embodiment, the sidesurfaces of the lines do not need to be covered with a barrier metal.Therefore, even though the width of each line is 0.5 μm, the increase ofthe resistance of the lines can be suppressed.

Embodiment 2

FIG. 4 shows an example of arrangement of LSI chips made by use of linestructures according to embodiment 2 of the present invention. This isan example of arrangement called a “2.5-dimensional mounting”.

In FIG. 4, an interposer 401 is a multi-layer line structure in thisembodiment. On the interposer 401, a logic LSI 402 such as a CPU(Central Processing Unit), an ASIC (Application Specific IntegratedCircuit) or the like and memory LSIs 403, 404, 405 and 406 such as aDRAM, a flash memory or the like are located, and are connected togethervia lines in the interposer 401. Because of this arrangement, signallines, power supply lines and ground lines can be connected togetherwith a short distance between the memory LSIs 403, 404, 405 and 406 andthe logic LSIs 402. Therefore, a high-speed process can be performed asa whole.

With reference to FIGS. 5A to 5L, a method for producing a linestructure as the interposer 401 in this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5A, on a substrate 501 such as a silicon substrate orthe like, an SiO₂ film (P-SiO₂ film) 502 having a thickness of 3 μm isformed by plasma CVD. Next, a Ti film 503 having a thickness of 0.1 μmand a Cu film 504 a having a thickness of 0.3 μm are formed bysputtering. The Ti film 503 acts as a barrier metal film for preventingCu from being diffused to the substrate 501. The Cu film 504 a acts as aseed from which Cu is grown by electrolytic plating. In this example,TiN or Ta, which is a high-melting-point metal material, for example,may be used as a material of the barrier metal instead of Ti.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5B, a photoresist is applied onto the Cu film 504a, and exposure and development are performed to form a line pattern505. Then, a Cu film 504 is grown on a part of the Cu film 504 a that isexposed from the line pattern 505 by electrolytic plating so that the Cufilm 504 has a thickness of 4.4 μm. In this embodiment, Cu in the Cufilm 504, 504 a is used as the material of a first layer line, and thefirst layer line is designed to have a thickness of 4.0 μm.

Next, after the Cu is grown, the photoresist forming the line pattern505 is removed with an organic solvent. As a result, a structure shownin FIG. 5C is obtained. The photoresist may be removed by ashing withoxygen plasma instead of with an organic solvent.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5D, a part of the Cu film 504 a and a part of theTi film 503 that were covered with the line pattern 505 are removed withan acidic aqueous solution to form Cu lines 504 b in the first layer. Asa result of the part of the Cu film 504 a that was covered with the linepattern 505 being removed, the thickness of the Cu film 504 is decreasedfrom 4.4 μm to about 4.0 μm. Thus, the designed value can be achieved.The Cu film 504 a and the Ti film 503 may be removed by ion millinginstead of with an acidic aqueous solution.

In the case where an acidic aqueous solution is used, as shown in FIG.6, a large undercut 601 is formed. Especially when the width of each ofthe Cu lines is 5 μm or less, the Cu lines 504 b and the underlyinglayer may not have a sufficiently high adhesiveness therebetween, and asa result, the Cu lines may be peeled off by a stress thereof. Bycontrast, in the case where ion milling is used, such an undercut is notlikely to be formed. Therefore, microscopic lines can be formed.

Next, as shown FIG. 5E, a P-SiN film 506 having a thickness of 0.1 μm isformed by plasma CVD on the Cu lines 504 b in the first layer, and thena P-SiO₂ film 507 having a thickness of 2 μm is formed thereon. Forforming the P-SiN film 506, SiH₄ is usable as a source of Si and NH₃ isusable as a source of nitrogen. For forming the P-SiO₂ film 507, SiH₄ isusable as a source of Si and N₂O is usable as a source of oxygen. As asource of Si, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) is also usable. As a source ofoxygen, O₂ is also usable. It can be considered that the structure shownin FIG. 2A is included in the structure shown in FIG. 5E.

In order to suppress the warp of the wafer used as the substrate 101, itis preferable to adjust P-SiO₂ to have a compressive stress of −100 to−300 MPa as a film stress. It is especially preferable to adjust thefilm stress to −200 MPa.

If copper oxide is present on surfaces of the Cu lines 504 b in thefirst layer, the adhesive force between P-SiN and Cu is decreased.Therefore, it is preferable to wash the lines 504 b with dilutedsulfuric acid or the like before the P-SiN film 506 is formed.Alternatively, before the P-SiN film 506 is formed, the surfaces of theCu lines 504 b may be subjected to NH₃ plasma in the same chamber asthat to be used for the formation of the P-SiN film 506, so that thecopper oxide is removed.

The P-SiN film 506 acts as a barrier film for preventing Cu atoms, Cumolecules or Cu ions of the Cu lines 504 b from being thermally diffusedto the P-SiO₂ film 507 from side surfaces or the top surfaces of the Culines 504 b, and for also preventing diffusion from occurring due to anelectric field between lines adjacent to each other. SiC (which maycontain several to 10% of oxygen) may be used as a barrier insulatingfilm instead of P-SiN. The SiC film can be formed by plasma CVD, and hasan effect of preventing the diffusion of the Cu atoms, Cu molecules orCu ions of the Cu lines 504 b.

An SiOC film, an SiOF film or the like may be formed instead of theP-SiO₂ film 507. The SiOC film and the SiOF film can be formed by plasmaCVD. SiOC and SiOF each have a dielectric constant lower than that ofP-SiO₂, and thus can decrease the line capacitance between linesadjacent to each other.

Next, polyimide is applied onto the P-SiO₂ film 507 by spin coating soas to have a thickness of 9.4 μm above the lines. Bisbenzocyclobutenemay be applied instead of polyimide. Alternatively, a non-photosensitiveresin may be used. In the case where a non-photosensitive resin is used,however, a photosensitive resin needs to be applied to performpatterning by lithography. Therefore, use of a non-photosensitive resinmay increase the number of steps of production. In the followingexample, polyimide, which is photosensitive, is applied.

In the case where a photosensitive polyimide 508 is applied, exposureand then development are performed by use of a photomask to form, asshown in FIG. 5F, opening patterns 508 a at necessary positions abovethe Cu lines 504 b. The “necessary positions” are positions where the Culines 504 b need to be connected to lines which will be formed in alayer above the Cu lines 504 b. It can be considered that the structureshown in FIG. 2C is included in the structure shown in FIG. 5F.

In order to cure the applied polyimide after the opening patterns 508 aare formed, the polyimide is thermally cured at a temperature of 250° C.for 1 hour in an N₂ atmosphere. The temperature is not limited to 250°C. In general, it is preferable to set the temperature at a glasstransition temperature of polyimide or lower. A reason for this is thatif the polyimide is cured at a temperature higher than the glasstransition temperature, each of the openings 508 a is deformed,resulting in a problem that, for example, the diameter of the opening islarger than the designed size. Assuming that the glass transitiontemperature of polyimide is, for example, 280° C., the thermal-curingtemperature is set to 250° C. as described above. It is preferable thatthe thermal curing treatment and the process in steps after this areperformed such that the temperature does not exceed the glass transitiontemperature of polyimide.

When the polyimide is thermally cured, a stepped portion 508 b as shownin FIG. 7 may be formed at a surface of a part of the photosensitivepolyimide 508 other than in the openings 508 a due to convexed andconcaved portions caused by the Cu line 504. Unless being treated insome way, the size of the stepped portion is increased as more lines arestacked. This causes a focus shift at the time of pattern exposure. Whenthis occurs, it becomes difficult to form a line pattern in accordancewith the designed size. As a result, a desired contact resistance maynot be provided, or shortcircuit may occur because of adjacent linesbeing connected. In order to decrease the size of such a steppedportion, it is preferable to use polyimide having a low thermalexpansion coefficient (preferably, 15% or less). In order to remove theconvexed and concaved portions at the surface of the polyimide at highprecision, a fly cutter may be used. Alternatively, the convexed andconcaved portions can be removed also by chemical mechanical polishing(CMP).

Next, a part of the P-SiO₂ film 507 that is located in bottom parts ofthe openings 508 a is etched away by plasma etching, with thephotosensitive polyimide 508 being used as a mask. As an etching gas, amixed gas of CF₄ (flow rate: 20 sccm) and H₂ (flow rate: 5 sccm) may beused. The flow rate ratio of the materials of the mixed gas may bechanged so that the etching rate for each of the cured photosensitivepolyimide 508 and the P-SiO₂ film 507 can be changed. It is preferablethat the etching rate for the P-SiO₂ film 507 is high and the etchingrate for the photosensitive polyimide 508 is low. In general, the ratioof the etching rate for P-SiO₂ with respect to the etching rate forpolyimide is about 5, and the ratio of the etching rate for P-SiO₂ withrespect to the etching rate for P-SiN is about 8. The etching gas is notlimited to the above-described gas, and may be CHF₃ or CH₂F₂ instead ofCF₄.

After the P-SiO₂ layer 507 is etched, the etching gas is changed to amixed gas of CF₄ and O₂ and the P-SiN layer 506 is etched. At thispoint, for example, the flow rate of CF₄ may be 20 sccm and the flowrate of 02 may be 2 sccm. The ratio of the etching rate for P-SiN withrespect to the etching rate for polyimide may be about 2.

As a result of the etching performed on the P-SiN layer 506, firstconnection holes usable for electrically connecting the Cu lines 504 sin the first layer to Cu lines in the second layer which will be formedin a later step is formed. In a state immediately after the firstconnection holes are formed, a carbon compound containing Si of Fadheres to side walls or bottom parts of the first connection holes. Inorder to remove the carbon compound, washing is performed with anorganic solvent. A surface of Cu that is exposed at the bottom parts ofthe first connection holes is in an oxidized state as a result of theplasma etching. In order to remove the oxide formed as a result of theoxidization, washing is performed with dilute sulfuric acid.

As a result of the plasma etching performed on the P-SiO₂ layer 507 andthe P-SiN layer 506, the surface of the photosensitive polyimide 508 isplasma-damaged, and thus the photosensitive polyimide 508 may not have asufficient heat resistance, which polyimide should originally have. Inthis case, a heat treatment may be performed, for example, at atemperature of 250° C. for 30 minutes, so that the plasma-damaged partof the surface can be removed. The temperature of 250° C. is an exampleof temperature which is lower than, or equal to, the glass transitiontemperature of polyimide.

As a result of the above-described process, a structure shown in FIG. 5Gis obtained. It can be considered that the structure shown in FIG. 2D isincluded in the structure shown in FIG. 5G.

Next, a Ti film having a thickness of 0.1 μm and a Cu film 509 having athickness of 0.3 μm are formed by sputtering on the structure shown inFIG. 5G. The Ti film acts as a barrier metal for preventing thediffusion of Cu atoms, Cu molecules or Cu ions of the Cu film 509 asdescribed above. The Cu film 509 acts as a seed from which Cu is grownby electrolytic plating in a later step.

As shown in FIG. 5H, a photoresist is applied onto the Cu film 509, andexposure and development are performed to form a line pattern 510. Then,a Cu film 511 is grown by electrolytic plating on a part of the Cu film509 exposed from the line pattern 510. Assuming that the final thicknessof the Cu film 511 from top edges of the first connection holes (namely,the thickness of the Cu lines in the second layer) is 4.0 μm, it ispreferable to form the Cu film 511 to have a thickness of 4.4 μm fromthe top edges of the first connection holes in this step.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5I, after the Cu film 511 is grown, thephotoresist forming the line pattern 510 is removed with, for example,an organic solvent. As described above, the photoresist may be removedby ashing with oxygen plasma. It can be considered that the structureshown in FIG. 2H2H is included in the structure shown in FIG. 5I.

Next, an exposed part of the Cu film 509 and a part of the Ti film belowthe exposed part of the Cu film 509 are removed with, for example, anacidic aqueous solution to form Cu lines 511 in the second layer. As aresult of this step, the thickness of the Cu film 511 is slightlydecreased, and thus the designed size can be achieved. Ion milling maybe used instead of the acidic aqueous solution.

As a result of the above-described process, the Cu lines 504 b in thefirst layer and the Cu lines 511 in the second layer are connected toeach other through via connection parts formed in the first connectionholes.

Now, a process of forming Cu lines in a third layer and connecting theCu lines in the third layer to the Cu lines 511 in the second layer willbe described.

As shown in FIG. 5J, a P-SiN film 512 having a thickness of 0.1 μm isformed by plasma CVD on the Cu lines 511, and a P-SiO₂ film 513 having athickness of 2 μm is formed thereon. The reaction system is the same asthat used for forming the P-SiN film 506. It is preferable to set thetemperature for the film formation to, for example, 250° C. inconsideration of the glass transition temperature of polyimide. If thefilm formation is performed at a temperature exceeding the glasstransition temperature of polyimide, the thermal expansion of polyimideis increased. As a result, the photosensitive polyimide 508 may bewrinkled or the P-SiN film 512 or the P-SiO₂ film 513 may be cracked dueto a difference in the thermal expansion coefficient between polyimideand P-SiN or P-SiO₂. It can be considered that the structure shown inFIG. 2J is included in the structure shown in FIG. 5J.

In order to remove copper oxide present on surfaces of the Cu lines 511in the second layer, the Cu lines 511 in the second layer are washedwith diluted sulfuric acid before the P-SiN film 512 is formed.Alternatively, before the P-SiN film 512 is formed, the surfaces of theCu lines 511 may be subjected to NH₃ plasma in the same chamber as thatto be used for the formation of the P-SiN film 512, so that the copperoxide is removed. If the surfaces of the Cu lines 511 are exposed to NH₃plasma excessively, the imide bond of the photosensitive polyimide 508is broken. Therefore, it is preferable that the surfaces of the Cu lines511 are exposed to NH₃ plasma for 30 seconds or shorter, for example,for 20 seconds.

The formation of the P-SiN film 512 is different from the formation ofthe P-SiN film 506 on the Cu lines 504 b in the first layer in that theunderlying layer is the photosensitive polyimide 508 instead of P-SiO₂.The photosensitive polyimide 508, when being exposed to an acidicaqueous solution for removing the Cu film 509 and the Ti film below theCu film 509, contains a large amount of water. Even after the Cu film509 and the Ti film below the Cu film 509 are removed, thephotosensitive polyimide 508 has water in the air absorbed thereto. Ingeneral, when a P-SiN film is formed on polyimide containing water, thewater contained in the polyimide is vaporized to push up the P-SiN film.As a result, the P-SiN film may be peeled off. In order to avoid this,it is preferable to, before the treatment with NH₃ plasma, heat thesubstrate 501 in the same chamber as that to be used for the treatmentwith NH₃ plasma, so that the water contained in the photosensitivepolyimide 508 is removed. For example, the treatment with NH₃ plasma isperformed after degassing is performed for 3 minutes with the substratetemperature in the plasma CVD device being set at 250° C.

Next, photosensitive polyimide is applied onto the P-SiO₂ film 513 byspin coating so as to have a thickness of 9.4 μm above the Cu lines. Aphotosensitive resin such as bisbenzocyclobutene or the like may beapplied instead of polyimide as described above. Alternatively, anon-photosensitive resin may be used. In this case, after thenon-photosensitive resin is applied, a photosensitive resin is appliedto perform patterning by lithography.

Next, the applied photosensitive polyimide is exposed by use of aphotomask and development is performed to form opening patterns 514 a atnecessary positions above the Cu lines 511 in the second layer. Afterthe formation of the opening patterns 514 a, the polyimide is thermallycured at a temperature of 250° C. for 1 hour in an N₂ atmosphere. Then,the P-SiO₂ film 513 and the P-SiN film 512 are etched with the openingpatterns 514 a being used as a mask. As a result, a structure shown inFIG. 5K including second connection holes 514 a/513 a/512 a is obtained.It can be considered that the structure shown in FIG. 2D is included inthe structure shown in FIG. 5K.

Next, a barrier metal is formed on inner surfaces of the secondconnection holes 514 a/513 a/512 a and top edges of the opening patterns514 a in substantially the same process as described above, and then Culines in the third layer are formed.

Then, substantially the same process is repeated. As a result, as shownin, for example, FIG. 5L, a line structure including Cu lines in thefirst through fifth layers is obtained. It can be considered that thestructure shown in FIG. 2D is included in the structure shown in FIG.5L.

In a cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 5L, even-numbered layers, morespecifically, the second and fourth layers each include Cu lines thatare not connected to the Cu lines in the layer above or the layer below.In this manner, the layers including such non-connected Cu lines areprovided so as not to be adjacent to each other, namely, so as to haveanother layer therebetween. Because of this structure, the linecapacitance between the Cu lines can be controlled. The presentinvention is not limited to having the cross-sectional view shown inFIG. 5L, and such non-connected Cu lines may be located in any layer.

The thermal-curing temperature of polyimide is set to be lower in anupper layer than in a lower layer. Because of this, the thermal load onthe polyimide in the lower layer is decreased. As a result, peel-off ofthe films or a disconnecting, which would be caused by the thermalstress or the thermal expansion of the polyimide, the P-SiN films, theP-SiO₂ films and the Cu lines, becomes unlikely to occur. In the casewhere there are a large number of layers, it is preferable to set thethermal-curing temperature to be lower in an upper layer than in a lowerlayer, and also set the temperature, for film formation performed by useof plasma, to be lower in an upper layer than in a lower layer.

Now, in FIG. 5L, it may be assumed as follows: the third layer is thefirst layer, the second layer is the second layer, the Cu lines in thefirst layer is first Cu lines, and the Cu lines in the second layer issecond Cu lines. In this case, the first inorganic film (e.g., P-SiNfilm) covers a surface of each Cu line in the second layer that facesthe first layer, and also covers a side surface of each Cu line in thesecond layer.

In the line structure shown in FIG. 5L, each layer includes a P-SiN filmand a P-SiO₂ film that are formed of an inorganic material. The presentinvention is not limited to having such a structure, and the linestructure may include a layer that does not include a P-SiN film or aP-SiO₂ film.

For example, FIG. 5M, like FIG. 5I, shows a state where the Cu lines 504b in the first layer and the Cu lines 511 in the second layer areconnected to each other through the via connection parts formed in thefirst connection holes.

After the structure shown in FIG. 5E is obtained, a structure shown inFIG. 5N may be obtained as follows. Neither P-SiN film nor a P-SiO₂film, both of which are formed in order to obtain the structure shown inFIG. 5J, is formed. Photosensitive polyimide is applied so as to have athickness of 9.4 μm above the Cu lines. The applied polyimide is exposedby use of a photomask and development is performed to form openingpatterns 514 a at necessary positions above the Cu lines 511 in thesecond layer. Then, the polyimide is cured. Thus, the structure shown inFIG. 5N is obtained. FIG. 5N and FIG. 5K will be compared. In FIG. 5K,the Cu lines 511 in the second layer are covered with the firstinorganic film 512 and the second inorganic layer 513 except for in theopenings 514 a. By contrast, in FIG. 5N, neither the first inorganicfilm 512 nor the second inorganic layer 513 is present, and the Cu lines511 in the second layer are not covered with a first inorganic film or asecond inorganic layer.

The Cu lines in the third layer, the Cu lines in the fourth layer andthe Cu lines in the fifth layer are covered with a first inorganic filmand a second inorganic film except for in the openings formed in theorganic resin films. As a result, a line structure shown in FIG. 5O isobtained. FIG. 5O and FIG. 5L will be compared. In FIG. 5L, the Cu linesin the second layer are covered with the first inorganic film and thesecond inorganic film except for in the openings. By contrast, in FIG.5O, the Cu lines in the second layer are not covered with the a firstinorganic film and a second inorganic film. Therefore, the Cu lines inthe second layer are considered to be located between the organic resinfilm in the first layer and the organic resin film in the second layer.

The via connection parts used to connect the Cu lines in the first layerand the Cu lines in the third layer to each other are each divided intoan upper part belonging to the second layer and a lower part belong tothe first layer. The division is made by the Cu line located between theCu line in the first layer and the Cu line in the third layer among theCu lines in the second layer. In other words, the upper part is locatedabove the Cu line located between the Cu line in the first layer and theCu line in the third layer, and the lower part is located below the Culine located between the Cu line in the first layer and the Cu line inthe third layer. Between the upper part, and the Cu line located betweenthe Cu line in the first layer and the Cu line in the third layer,namely, at a bottom part of the upper part, a barrier conductivematerial is located.

The Cu lines that are not covered with a first inorganic film and asecond inorganic film are not limited to being located in the secondlayer, and may be located in any layer. Alternatively, Cu lines that arenot covered with a first inorganic film and a second inorganic film maybe located in continuous layers.

Since the Cu lines that are not covered with a first inorganic film anda second inorganic film are provided as described above, the steps offorming the first inorganic film and the second inorganic film can beomitted, which decreases the number of production steps. In addition,the thickness of the organic resin film can be controlled, the warp ofthe substrate 101 can be controlled, and the impedances can be matchedamong the lines.

As shown especially in FIG. 5L and FIG. 5O, between the second and thirdCu lines from the left among the four Cu lines in the second layer, andthe second and third Cu lines from the left among the four Cu lines inthe fourth layer, only insulating layers are present with no other Culine being located. In this manner, a layer in which no Cu line isarranged is located between Cu lines in one layer and Cu lines in alayer over the one layer; namely, no Cu line is located in a layerbetween one layer and a layer over the one layer. Because of thisarrangement, the impedances can be matched between the Cu lines in theone layer and the Cu lines in the layer over the one layer. The numberof layer(s) between the one layer and the layer over the one layer maybe one, or two or more. Between the Cu lines in the one layer and the Culines in the layer over the one layer, only an organic insulating layermay be located, or any number of inorganic insulating layer(s) may belocated. Because of such an arrangement, the impedances can be matchedbetween the Cu lines in the one layer and the Cu lines in the layer overthe one layer, and thus transfer characteristics can be improved.

Embodiment 3

FIG. 8A shows an arrangement of chips made by use of line structuresaccording to embodiment 3 of the present invention. This is an exampleof an arrangement of so-called three-dimensional mounting.

As shown in FIG. 8A, a CPU 803 is located on a motherboard 801 with aninterposer 802 being provided therebetween. On the CPU 803, an ASIC 805is located with an interposer 804 being provided therebetween. On theASIC 805, a DRAM is located with an interposer 806 being providedtherebetween. Another DRAM is located thereon with another interposer807 being provided therebetween, and a DRAM 809 is located thereon withstill another interposer 808 being provided therebetween. Theinterposers 802, 804, 806, 807 and 808 each have a line structure inthis embodiment at both of a top surface and a bottom surface thereof soas to be bump-connected with each of the LSIs.

Because of such three-dimensional mounting, signal lines, power supplylines and ground lines of the LSIs are connected via the Cu lines in theinterposers. Three-dimensional mounting, in which the lines to beconnected are shorter than in the 2.5-dimensional mounting, is suitablefor higher speed information processing.

FIG. 8B shows a cross-section of an Si interposer as an example ofinterposer. The Si interposer includes Cu embedded, by electrolyticplating, in a plurality of vias running through an Si substrate having athickness of 300 μm. For example, the vias may each have a diameter of10 μm and may be located at a pitch of 40 μm. In this embodiment, lineseach having a width of 1 μm or less and stacked vias can be formed.Therefore, line layers can be stacked at a high density even on aninterposer including vias at such a small pitch.

As shown in FIG. 8B, in order to insulate the Cu in the Si interposerand the Si substrate, a P-SiO₄ film 814 and a P-SiN film 815 are formedin this order on an inner surface of each via, and Cu 813 is embedded inan inner surface of the P-SiN film 815. For example, the P-SiO₄ film 814has a thickness of 0.5 μm, and the P-SiN film 815 has a thickness of 0.1μm. A P-SiO₄ film 814 and a P-SiN film 815 are also formed on each of atop surface and a bottom surface of the Si interposer.

As shown in FIG. 9A, a Ti film 821 having a thickness of 0.1 μm and a Cufilm 822 a having a thickness of 0.3 μm are formed by sputtering on eachof a top surface and a bottom surface of an Si interposer 811. The Tifilm 821 acts as a barrier metal for preventing the diffusion of Cu inthe Si substrate. The Cu film 822 a acts as a seed from which a Cu layeris grown by electrolytic plating in a later step.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9B, a photoresist is applied onto the Cu film 822a, and exposure and development are performed to form a line pattern823. Then, a Cu layer 822 having a thickness of 2.2 μm is grown byelectrolytic plating on an exposed part of the Cu film 822 a. Cu linesin a first layer to be formed of the Cu layer 822 is designed to have athickness of 2.0 μm.

After the Cu layer 822 is grown, the photoresist forming the linepattern 823 is removed with, for example, an organic solvent. As aresult, a structure shown in FIG. 9C is obtained. As described above,the photoresist may be removed by ashing with oxygen plasma instead ofwith an organic solvent.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9D, an exposed part of the Cu film 822 a and apart of the Ti film 821 below the exposed part of the Cu film 822 a areremoved with an acidic aqueous solution, and thus the Cu lines in thefirst layer are formed of the Cu layer 822. As a result of the exposedpart of the Cu film 822 a being removed, the thickness of the Cu layer822 can be decreased to 2.0 μm, which is the designed size. The exposedpart of the Cu film 822 a and the part of the Ti film 821 below theexposed part of the Cu film 822 a may be removed by ion milling.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9E, a P-SiN film 824 having a thickness of 0.1 μmis formed by plasma CVD on the Cu lines in the first layer, and then aP-SiO₂ film 825 having a thickness of 1 μm is formed thereon. It can beconsidered that the structure shown in FIG. 2A is included in thestructure shown in FIG. 9E. Since the P-SiN film 824 and the P-SiO₂ film825 are formed on side surfaces of the Cu lines in the first layer, theinterval between the Cu lines adjacent to each other as seen in a planview can be decreased.

In the case where the density or the pattern of the Cu lines in thefirst layer is different between at the top surface and at the bottomsurface of the interposer 811, a residual stress of the lines isdifferent between the surfaces, and thus the interposer 811 may bewarped toward one side. In this case, the thickness or the film stressof the P-SiO₂ film on one of the surfaces is changed, so that the warpcan be controlled. For example, the film stress of the P-SiO₂ film 825may be adjusted to −200 MPa.

Next, copper oxide present on the surfaces of the Cu lines in the firstlayer is removed as in embodiment 2.

Next, photosensitive polyimide is applied by spin coating onto theP-SiO₂ film 825 on the top surface of the interposer 811 so as to have athickness of 4.7 μm above the Cu lines. As in embodiment 2, a resindifferent from polyimide may be used.

The applied polyimide is exposed by use of a photomask and developmentis performed to form, above the interposer 811, a pattern 826 includingopenings 826 a at necessary positions above the Cu lines in the firstlayer.

Similarly, a pattern 826 including openings 826 a is formed also belowthe interposer 811.

Then, the polyimide is cured as in the above embodiments. As a result, astructure shown in FIG. 9F is obtained. It can be considered that thestructure shown in FIG. 2C is included in the structure shown in FIG.9F.

Next, the P-SiO₂ film 825 and the P-SiN film 824 are etched by plasmaetching with the pattern 826 above the interposer 811 being used as amask, to form first connection holes 826 a/825 a/824 a. Similarly, firstconnection holes 826 a/825 a/824 a are formed also below the interposer811. As a result, a structure shown in FIG. 9G is obtained. It can beconsidered that the structure shown in FIG. 2D is included in thestructure shown in FIG. 9G.

Then, as in embodiment 2, a carbon compound containing Si of F adheringto side walls or bottom parts of the first connection holes is removed,the oxidized surfaces of the Cu lines are removed, and the polyimidedamaged by plasma etching is heat-treated to be recovered.

Next, a Ti film having a thickness of 0.1 μm and a Cu film 827 having athickness of 0.3 μm are formed above the interposer 811 by sputtering.Similarly, a Ti film and a Cu film 827 are formed also below theinterposer 811. Then, a photoresist is applied onto the Cu film 827above the interposer 811, and exposure and development are performed toform a line pattern 828. Similarly, a line pattern 828 is formed alsobelow the interposer 811. A Cu layer 829 having a thickness of 2.2 μm isgrown by electrolytic plating on an exposed part of each of the Cu films827. As a result, a structure shown in FIG. 9H is obtained. The Cu linesare designed to have a thickness of, for example, 2.0 μm.

Next, in substantially the same manner as in the above embodiments, thephotoresist forming the line patterns 828 is removed, and the exposedpart of each Cu film 827 and a part of each Ti film corresponding to theexposed part of each Cu film 827 are removed. As a result, a structureshown in FIG. 9I is obtained. Since the exposed part of each Cu film 827is removed, the thickness of each Cu layer 829 can be made the designedvalue. Because of this step, as shown in FIG. 9I, lines in each secondlayer are formed of the Cu layer 829 and are connected to the lines inthe first layer. It can be considered that the structure shown in FIG.2H is included in the structure shown in FIG. 9I.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9J, a P-SiN film 830 having a thickness of 0.1 μmis formed by plasma CVD above and below the interposer 811, and a P-SiO₂film 831 having a thickness of 1 μm is formed thereon above and belowthe interposer 811. The reaction system is substantially the same asthat used for forming the P-SiN film 824 and the P-SiO₂ film 825. Thetemperature for the film formation is set so as not to exceed the glasstransition temperature of polyimide. It can be considered that thestructure shown in FIG. 2A is included in the structure shown in FIG.9J.

As in embodiment 2, before the above-mentioned films are formed, the Culines in the second layers are washed in order to remove copper oxidefrom the surfaces of the Cu lines, and water is removed from the patternof polyimide 826.

Next, photosensitive polyimide or the like is applied above theinterposer 811 so as to have a thickness of 4.7 μm, and exposure anddevelopment are performed to form a pattern 832 including openings 832 aat necessary positions above the Cu lines in the second layer.Similarly, a pattern 832 is formed also below the interposer 811. Then,as in embodiment 2, the polyimide is cured. The P-SiO₂ films 831 and theP-SiN films 830 are etched with the polyimide being used as a mask. As aresult, a structure shown in FIG. 9K including second connection holes832 a is obtained. It can be considered that the structure shown in FIG.2D is included in the structure shown in FIG. 9K.

After Cu lines 829 in the second layers are exposed to bottom parts ofthe second connection holes 832 a, substantially the same process isrepeated to form Cu lines in third layers. In substantially the samemanner, as shown in FIG. 9L, Cu lines in fourth layers and Cu lines infifth layers can be formed. It can be considered that the structureshown in FIG. 2D is included in the fifth layer in the structure shownin FIG. 9L.

As in embodiment 2, the thermal-curing temperature of polyimide is setto be lower in an upper layer than in a lower layer. Because of this,the thermal load on the polyimide in the lower layer is decreased. As aresult, peel-off of the films or a disconnecting, which would be causedby the thermal stress or the thermal expansion of the polyimide, theP-SiN films, the P-SiO₂ films and the Cu lines, becomes unlikely tooccur. Also as in embodiment 2, in the case where there are a largenumber of layers, it is preferable to set the thermal-curing temperatureto be lower in an upper layer than in a lower layer, and also set thetemperature, for film formation performed by use of plasma, to be lowerin an upper layer than in a lower layer.

In this embodiment, a same number of Cu lines are formed on both sidesof the interposer 811. As necessary, the number of Cu lines above theinterposer 811 may be different from the number of Cu lines below theinterposer 811.

In this embodiment, as described above in embodiment 2, there may be alayer in which Cu lines are not covered with a first inorganic film or asecond inorganic film. Layers including such non-connected Cu lines maybe provided so as not to be adjacent to each other, namely, so as tohave another layer therebetween.

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FIG. 11 is a graph showing the percentage defective of line structuresas a result of a heat cycle test. The line structures were formed on Siinterposers by the method described above in embodiment 3. For this heatcycle test, a stack via chain (number of chains: 100) including fourlayers connected to each other through a via connection part was formedon each of a top surface and a bottom surface of the Si interposer. Atemperature cycle of −25° C. to 125° C. was repeated 3000 times. Whenthe chain resistance was raised by 20% or more, the line structure wasdetermined to be defective.

Two types of measurement samples were prepared; one type had a diameterof the connection hole of 0.5 μm, and the other type had a diameter ofthe connection hole of 20 μm. The diameter of the connection hole of 0.5μm is a resolution limit in the exposure and development of polyimide.The diameter of the connection hole of 20 μm is the maximum possiblediameter with which size reduction is advantageous. In the connectionhole, the ratio of the thickness of P-SiO₂ was changed. The ratio of thethickness of P-SiO₂ was calculated with the thickness of P-SiN (fixed at0.1 μm) being included.

The ratio of the thickness of P-SiO₂ is calculated by [P-SiO₂thickness/(P-SiO₂ thickness+polyimide thickness)]. This will bedescribed more specifically with reference to FIG. 10. A distance from atop end of a line 1003 in a first layer to a bottom end of a barriermetal below a line 1008 in a second layer, namely, the height of theconnection hole, is set to X. The thickness of P-SiO₂ in an area betweenthe top end of the line 1003 in the first layer and the bottom end ofthe barrier metal below the line 1008 in the second layer is set to Y.The ratio of the thickness of P-SiO₂ is a value calculated by Y/X.Namely, Y/X is the ratio of P-SiO₂ with respect to the height of theconnection hole (length of the connection hole running through theinsulating layers).

As shown in FIG. 11, as Y/X increased, the percentage defective of linestructures decreased. When the diameter of the connection hole was 20μm, the percentage defective of line structures was 0% at Y/X of 20%.When the diameter of the connection hole was 0.5 μm, the percentagedefective of line structures was 0% at Y/X of 30%. From these results,it is considered that the ratio of the thickness of the P-SiO₂ film inthe connection hole is preferably 20% or greater, and more preferably30% or more. Strictly describing, Y/X is calculated with the thicknessof the P-SiN film being included. Therefore, it may be considered thatthe ratio of the thickness of the inorganic film containing Si ispreferably 20% or greater. However, when the ratio of the thickness ofthe P-SiO₂ film is excessively high, the line capacitance between upperand lower lines is increased and it becomes difficult to match theimpedances. Therefore, it is preferable that the ratio of the thicknessof the P-SiO₂ film is 80% at the maximum.

FIG. 12 A and FIG. 12B shows the percentage defective of line structuresas a result of the above-described heat cycle test. The line structureswere formed on Si interposers by the method described above inembodiment 3. Two types of measurement samples were prepared; one typehad a diameter of the connection hole of 0.5 μm, and the other type hada diameter of the connection hole of 20 μm. The height of the connectionhole was changed in the range of about 5 μm to 20 μm. When the diameterof the connection hole was 0.5 μm, the ratio of the thickness of theP-SiO₂ film (including the thickness of P-SiN, i.e., 0.1 μm) withrespect to the height of the connection hole, namely, Y/X, was set to20% and 30%. When the diameter of the connection hole was 20 μm, theratio of the thickness of the P-SiO₂ film (including the thickness ofP-SiN, i.e., 0.1 μm) with respect to the height of the connection holewas set to 10% and 20%.

When the diameter of the connection hole was 0.5 μm and the ratio of thethickness was 20%, the percentage defective of line structures was about18% regardless of the height of the connection hole. When the ratio ofthe thickness was increased to 30%, the percentage defective of linestructures was decreased to 0% regardless of the height of theconnection hole. When the diameter of the connection hole was 20 μm andthe ratio of the thickness was 10%, the percentage defective of linestructures was about 15% regardless of the height of the connectionhole. When the ratio of the thickness was increased to 20%, thepercentage defective of line structures was decreased to 0% regardlessof the height of the connection hole.

From the above results, it has been found that when the diameter of theconnection hole is in the range of 0.5 μm or greater and 20 μm or less,the height of the connection hole does not influence the ratio ofdefective line structures. Even if the height of the connection hole ischanged, as long as the ratio of the thickness of the P-SiO₂ film is thesame, thermal expansion of polyimide is suppressed by the high elasticmodulus of P-SiO₂. It is considered that the strong adhesive forcebetween P-SiO₂ and the barrier metal also alleviates the tensile stressof Cu in the connection hole, and thus suppresses formation of voids inthe bottom part of the via connection hole to decrease the ratio ofdefective line structures.

1. A multi-layer line structure comprising: a first line layer; a firstinsulating layer located on the first line layer, the first insulatinglayer including an inorganic layer and a first organic resin film, theinorganic layer covering and being in contact with a side surface of thefirst line layer and at least a part of the top surface of the firstline layer, and the first organic resin film being located on theinorganic layer; a second line layer located on the first organic resinfilm; a second organic resin film located on the second line layer, thesecond organic resin film covering and being in contact with a sidesurface of the second line layer and at least a part of the top surfaceof the second line layer; a third line layer located on the secondorganic resin film; and a third organic resin film located on the thirdline layer, the third organic resin film covering and being in contactwith a side surface of the third line layer and at least a part of thetop surface of the third line layer.
 2. The multi-layer line structureaccording to claim 1, wherein the inorganic layer includes a firstinorganic film located on the first line layer and a second inorganicfilm located on the first inorganic film.
 3. The multi-layer linestructure according to claim 1, further comprising a via connection partlocated in a via connection hole running in an up-down direction throughthe second organic resin film in an area where the second line layer andthe third line layer overlap each other.
 4. The multi-layer linestructure according to claim 1, further comprising: a fourth line layerlocated under the first line layer; and a fourth organic resin filmlocated between the fourth line layer and the first line layer, thefourth organic resin film covering and being in contact with a sidesurface of the fourth line layer and at least a part of the top surfaceof the fourth line layer.
 5. The multi-layer line structure according toclaim 1, further comprising: a fourth line layer located on the thirdorganic resin film; and a fourth organic resin film located on thefourth line layer, the fourth organic resin film covering and being incontact with a side surface of the fourth line layer and at least a partof the top surface of the fourth line layer.
 6. A multi-layer linestructure comprising: a first line layer; a first insulating layerlocated on the first line layer, the first insulating layer including afirst inorganic layer and a first organic resin film, the firstinorganic layer covering and being in contact with a side surface of thefirst line layer and at least a part of the top surface of the firstline layer, and the first organic resin film being located on the firstinorganic layer; a second line layer located on the first organic resinfilm; a second insulating layer located on the second line layer, thesecond insulating layer including a second inorganic layer and a secondorganic resin film, the second inorganic layer covering and being incontact with a side surface of the second line layer and at least a partof the top surface of the second line layer, and the second organicresin film being located on the second inorganic layer; a third linelayer located on the second organic resin film; and a third organicresin film located on the third line layer, the third organic resin filmcovering and being in contact with a side surface of the third linelayer and at least a part of the top surface of the third line layer. 7.The multi-layer line structure according to claim 6, wherein the firstinorganic layer includes a first inorganic film located on the firstline layer and a second inorganic film located on the first inorganicfilm, and the second inorganic layer includes a third inorganic filmlocated on the second line layer and a fourth inorganic film located onthe third inorganic film.
 8. The multi-layer line structure according toclaim 6, further comprising a via connection part located in a viaconnection hole running in an up-down direction through the secondinsulating layer in an area where the second line layer and the thirdline layer overlap each other.
 9. The multi-layer line structureaccording to claim 6, further comprising: a fourth line layer locatedunder the first line layer; and a fourth organic resin film locatedbetween the fourth line layer and the first line layer, the fourthorganic resin film covering and being in contact with a side surface ofthe fourth line layer and at least a part of the top surface of thefourth line layer.
 10. The multi-layer line structure according to claim6, further comprising: a fourth line layer located on the third organicresin film; and a fourth organic resin film located on the fourth linelayer, the fourth organic resin film covering and being in contact witha side surface of the fourth line layer and at least a part of the topsurface of the fourth line layer.
 11. A multi-layer line structurecomprising: a first line layer; a first organic resin film located onthe first line layer, the first organic resin film covering and being incontact with a side surface of the first line layer and at least a partof the top surface of the first line layer; a second line layer locatedon the first organic resin film; a first insulating layer located on thesecond line layer, the first insulating layer including a firstinorganic layer and a second organic resin film, the first inorganiclayer covering and being in contact with a side surface of the secondline layer and at least a part of the top surface of the second linelayer, and the second organic resin film being located on the secondinorganic layer; a third line layer located on the second organic resinfilm; and a second insulating layer located on the third line layer, thesecond insulating layer including a second inorganic layer and a thirdorganic resin film, the second inorganic layer covering and being incontact with a side surface of the third line layer and at least a partof the top surface of the third line layer, and the third organic resinfilm being located on the second inorganic layer.
 12. The multi-layerline structure according to claim 11, wherein the first inorganic layerincludes a first inorganic film located on the second line layer and asecond inorganic film located on the first inorganic film, and thesecond inorganic layer includes a third inorganic film located on thethird line layer and a fourth inorganic film located on the thirdinorganic film.
 13. The multi-layer line structure according to claim11, further comprising a via connection part located in a via connectionhole running in an up-down direction through the first insulating layerin an area where the second line layer and the third line layer overlapeach other.
 14. The multi-layer line structure according to claim 11,further comprising: a fourth line layer located under the first linelayer; and a fourth organic resin film located between the fourth linelayer and the first line layer, the fourth organic resin film coveringand being in contact with a side surface of the fourth line layer and atleast a part of the top surface of the fourth line layer.
 15. Themulti-layer line structure according to claim 11, further comprising: afourth line layer located on the third organic resin film; and a fourthorganic resin film located on the fourth line layer, the fourth organicresin film covering and being in contact with a side surface of thefourth line layer and at least a part of the top surface of the fourthline layer.
 16. A multi-layer line structure comprising: a first linelayer; a first insulating layer located on the first line layer, thefirst insulating layer including a first inorganic layer and a firstorganic resin film, the first inorganic layer covering and being incontact with a side surface of the first line layer and at least a partof the top surface of the first line layer, and the first organic resinfilm being located on the first inorganic layer; a second line layerlocated on the first organic resin film; a second organic resin filmlocated on the second line layer, the second organic resin film coveringand being in contact with a side surface of the second line layer and atleast a part of the top surface of the second line layer; a third linelayer located on the second organic resin film; and a second insulatinglayer located on the third line layer, the second insulating layerincluding a second inorganic layer and a third organic resin film, thesecond inorganic layer covering and being in contact with a side surfaceof the third line layer and at least a part of the top surface of thethird line layer, and the third organic resin film being located on thesecond inorganic layer.
 17. The multi-layer line structure according toclaim 16, wherein the first inorganic layer includes a first inorganicfilm located on the first line layer and a second inorganic film locatedon the first inorganic film, and the second inorganic layer includes athird inorganic film located on the third line layer and a fourthinorganic film located on the third inorganic film.
 18. The multi-layerline structure according to claim 16, further comprising a viaconnection part located in a via connection hole running in an up-downdirection through the second organic resin film in an area where thesecond line layer and the third line layer overlap each other.
 19. Themulti-layer line structure according to claim 16, further comprising: afourth line layer located under the first line layer; and a fourthorganic resin film located between the fourth line layer and the firstline layer, the fourth organic resin film covering and being in contactwith a side surface of the fourth line layer and at least a part of thetop surface of the fourth line layer.
 20. The multi-layer line structureaccording to claim 16, further comprising: a fourth line layer locatedon the third organic resin film; and a fourth organic resin film locatedon the fourth line layer, the fourth organic resin film covering andbeing in contact with a side surface of the fourth line layer and atleast a part of the top surface of the fourth line layer.
 21. A methodfor manufacturing a multi-layer line structure, comprising: forming abarrier metal layer on a first insulating layer; forming a metal layeron the barrier metal layer; forming a resist pattern on the metal layer,the resist pattern exposing a part of the metal layer; forming firstlines on an exposed part of the metal layer; removing the resist patternon the metal layer; and etching the metal layer except for the partoverlapping the first lines by ion milling, wherein the width of each ofthe first lines is be equal to or less than 5 μm.
 22. The method formanufacturing a multi-layer line structure according to claim 21,further comprising forming an inorganic insulating layer on the firstlines so as to cover a top surface and a side surface of each of thefirst lines, wherein the thickness of the inorganic insulating layerbetween the first lines adjacent to each other is thinner than thethickness of the first lines.
 23. The method for manufacturing amulti-layer line structure according to claim 22, wherein forming theinorganic insulating layer includes forming a first inorganic film onthe first lines so as to cover the top surface and the side surface ofeach of the first lines and forming a second inorganic film on the firstinorganic film so as to wholly cover the first inorganic film.
 24. Themethod for manufacturing a multi-layer line structure according to claim21, further comprising forming an organic resin film on the first linesso as to cover a top surface and a side surface of each of the firstlines.
 25. The method for manufacturing a multi-layer line structureaccording to claim 21, further comprising: forming an inorganicinsulating layer on the first lines so as to cover a top surface and aside surface of each of the first lines; and forming an organic resinfilm on the inorganic insulating layer so as to wholly cover theinorganic insulating layer, wherein the thickness of the inorganicinsulating layer between the first lines adjacent to each other isthinner than the thickness of the first lines.